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by stordoff 7y ago
Parliament was suspended and not due to return until October 14. It will now return tomorrow.
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by stordoff 7y ago
As noted in the ruling, they are prohibited from ruling on exclusively Parliamentary matters, both by the Bill of Rights 1688 (Parliament of England and Wales): > That the Freedome of Speech and Debates or Proceedings in Parlyament ought
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by stordoff 7y ago
Neither does the Supreme Court[1]. Prorogation is different in that it is not a proceeding of Parliament, but imposed upon them by the usage of the prerogative powers. [1] It is forbidden from doing so by the Bill of Rights 1688: That the F
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by stordoff 7y ago
Indeed. Vote Leave, the campaign lead by Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, and Dominic Cummings, three of the men now at the helm (PM, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and adviser, respectively) said (add at the time): > The day after no
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by stordoff 7y ago
> they had to take the leap of judgement in assuming they knew exactly why the PM did it They explicitly didn't do this: > We are not concerned with the Prime Minister’s motive in doing what he did. We are concerned with whether
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by stordoff 7y ago
Completely playing devil's advocate - continuing to operate whilst knowing there is a high risk of them going bust gives the CAA more time to put in contingency plans, rather than going bust _now_.
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by stordoff 7y ago
> The return flight details are identical to the original Thomas Cook flights (other than the flight numbers, which are similar). I suspect it's different operators re-using the same flight numbers and airport slots. ZT is Titan (a
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by stordoff 7y ago
Seems like that would be difficult to remember - every postman I've known in the UK just learns the route. It would also be harder for people posting a letter to remember - it's easier to remember 6-7 characters than 12 digits, an
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by stordoff 7y ago
I suspect part of the answer is in the first image : > That was intentionally incendiary[...]. Don't take it personally. :D [...] I just wanted to be clear. I'm not really an ugly american. I just play one on the intarwebs [sic
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by stordoff 7y ago
I looked up a few days ago that I had about 23 mined BTC, and sold them for about $1-2. Not going to lie, it stings a little (each one is now worth more than a year's income).
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by stordoff 7y ago
> I think "alcohol" actually means "alcoholic beverage" You need to read it in context. "Alcohol" is quite adequately defined at Licensing Act (Scotland) 2005 s.2: http://www.legislation.gov.uk&#x
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by stordoff 7y ago
The question to ask (IMO) is are they dying at a higher rate than people not involved in court cases (adjusting for age, gender if appropriate), and even then I wouldn't be surprised if the stress of being involved in a court case caus
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by stordoff 7y ago
> The Mini-14 is a tactical rifle (note caps) I think I'm just overlooking something , but I'm not quite sure what you mean by "note caps"?
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by stordoff 7y ago
There's a common saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. We're getting to the point where the one you have with you is more than good enough for many situations anyway.
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by stordoff 7y ago
> Heard about Brexit? The UK was never in the Schengen Area to begin with.
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by stordoff 7y ago
Incidentally, the EU also provides examples of where the borders are completely arbitrary. Consider the border at Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau: > The town is the site of a complicated borderline between Belgium and Netherlands, with
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by stordoff 7y ago
Maybe I'm missing something, but the "I think just me and you was safer" image feels a little misleading. There already was a third party - your ISP/DNS provider.
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by stordoff 7y ago
I actually found it a little misleading in this case. I thought it was a way to stop sites infinitely scrolling.
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by stordoff 7y ago
I was able about to order an XS Max, so I'm pretty content with better camera/battery/charger, though I imagine if you were already semi-up-to-date there's not really a whole lot new for most users.
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by stordoff 7y ago
It's just occurred to me I never made that connection - every I know just calls it the XS (ecks-ess).
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by stordoff 7y ago
> Apple is using 100% recycled materials now "So far, we’ve identified recycled alternatives for 24 different grades of plastic, allowing us to use an average of 38 percent recycled plastic across 82 components for products released
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by stordoff 7y ago
Pound hit a low of 1.1959 a week ago, and The Telegraph noted "there is a risk of sterling falling further"[1]. Taking that price gives £1002.42 ((999/1.1959)*1.2), and pricing in a potential drop doesn't seem totally un
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by stordoff 7y ago
One thing I'd wonder about is if this might reduce the number of people using it for cessation. One extra hurdle, especially seeing a person in such a formal setting, might be enough for some people.
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by stordoff 7y ago
Last line of 2010s: > Analysis suggests that the loudness trend may have peaked around 2005 and subsequently reduced, with a pronounced increase in overall and minimum album DR for albums since 2005. It also hints how we may continue to
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by stordoff 7y ago
> The sound quality isn't better For some bands, I'd actually disagree with that. Both what they are playing is better, and their released material is compressed to hell and back[1], which seems to be less prevalent live (thoug
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by stordoff 7y ago
It's referred to earlier as a settlement. It's a form of pre-trial relief when both sides agree that this settles the matter and brings litigation to an end. It's not a contract per se, and to seek legal relief again, you wou
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by stordoff 7y ago
Still, is there a difference? If there is a bug in the parser, trip it and what was once non-executable might be executable.
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by stordoff 7y ago
> And that there are vulnerabilities of 2 years worth of iOS versions is pretty reasonable evidence that this has been a 2 year project. My thought was that they could be to target old versions, even if the site is new, but if the new ex
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by stordoff 7y ago
And then the minute it even isn't slightly visible, Facebook et al will likely take that as you consenting.
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by stordoff 7y ago
Two alternatives: * Firmware is patched after the fact either by inserting a backdoor into the build process, or binary patching the resulting firmware image. Such an operation is likely to be compartmentalised to avoid employees knowing ab

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